google-images-downloader 1.0.10

Script to download images from a "Google Images" query

google-images-downloader

Requirements

• Google Chrome (Used by default)

OR

• Firefox

Installation

pip install google-images-downloader

OR

git clone https://github.com/Harkame/GoogleImagesDownloader.git

cd GoogleImagesDownloader

pip install .

Usage

Command line

Basic usage

google-images-downloader -q QUERY

For more information

google-images-downloader -h

Programmatically

from google_images_downloader import GoogleImagesDownloader

downloader = GoogleImagesDownloader() # Use chrome by default

downloader.download("bear")  # Download 50 images in ./downloads folder

downloader.download("cat", destination="C:\download\destination")  # Download at specified destination

downloader.download("bird", limit=100)  # Download 100 images

downloader.download("dog", resize=(256, 256))  # Download with images resizing

downloader.download("dog", format="JPEG")  # Download with images re-formatting (JPEG or PNG)

downloader.quiet = True  # Disable progression messages

downloader.download("fish")  # Quiet download

downloader.driver.close() # Do not forget to close the driver

Specify browser to use for web scraping

from google_images_downloader import GoogleImagesDownloader

downloader = GoogleImagesDownloader(browser="firefox") # Default : "chrome"

downloader.driver.close() # Do not forget to close the driver

Show browser while web scraping

from google_images_downloader import GoogleImagesDownloader

downloader = GoogleImagesDownloader(show=True)

downloader.driver.close() # Do not forget to close the driver

Tests

pip install tox

tox